vladimir putin s propaganda machine and how is right wing media involved? matthew chance has a report from the region. later, jussie smollett s hate crime hoax. we will unpack the media baggage from this case coming up. plus, jay rosen on how to cover a pro democracy, and much more coming up this hour. first, a sunday morning surprise in the tv news business. chris wallace, the veteran moderator of fox news sunday, is leaving the network effective immediately. here s how he announced it on his show just a few minutes ago. it may sound corny but i feel we built a community here. there s a lot you can do on sunday mornings, the fact you have chosen to spend this hour with us is something i cherish. but after 18 years i have decided to leave fox. i want to try something new, to go beyond politics, to all of the things i m interested in. i m ready for a new adventure, and i hope you ll check it out. this is a shock to the tv
hands of russia. i m a guy who served in not just iraq but in congress on the intelligence committee. i ve kept dry on this but this guy is a traitor. enough is enough. he is no hero. rachel, i want to ask you about everything that s happened with hong kong. what do you make of their behavior here with this? they seem to have punted on procedural grounds saying they didn t have enough information. they let him leave the country freely even though they knew that was the exact opposite of what the u.s. wanted them to do. what s going on here? it does feel like a stick in the eye of the united states here. the united states counting on hong kong to work with them. in fact, that process was underway. there were negotiations underway trying to get the language right to get him back here and then this happens. it s sunday morning surprise. really not what president obama was looking for in this situation. not just on hong kong s part, but on russia s part as well. look at the way putin i